Spoof of Big Tobacco Ad

Measure 50 supporters are buzzing over a pair of anonymous and hilarious "Yes on 50" videos that popped up on YouTube and was posted on BlueOregon yesterday.

The first one, called "Save your marriage," mocks an anti-Measure 50 commercial that's been clogging television sets since early September. You know the one. It's dark and moody and features a concerned couple talking about how the measure would ruin the constitution with a first-ever tax.

The spoof video also centers on a couple, but ends up slapping the tobacco makers upside the head with lines like, "we rewrite the Oregon Constitution all the time, dumbass" and "why do you hate the children?"

We tried to track down the makers of the videos, but have so far struck out.

Someone did return one of our feelers last night but said he couldn't identify himself or the people who made the videos. He did say they were motivated by the barrage of anti-50 advertising by tobacco makers, but wanted to remain anonymous.

In any case, enjoy.

-janiehar@news.oregonian.com

UPDATE: This gets curiouser and curiouser. Oregon State University graduate student Andy Foster, 24, called to say he had a hand in making the videos but wasn't the brains behind them. He said there's a "handful" of people who were ticked off by tobacco's ads. And they wanted to lighten the mood.

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